It has already been well chronicled that gun control supporters fared well in the November 2 elections.
The writer of the Book of Matthew in chapter 23, verse 25 scoffs at You blind guides, that strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. It is certain that the writer did not have in mind today s news and headline writers, but he certainly could have… This past week the American news …
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Over the past several years, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence has proposed a series of positive steps that could/should be taken by the government to help reduce gun violence in America. For the past eight years, these proposals received either indifference or outright opposition by the Bush Administration. Thus, it was greatly heartening to …
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There is an interesting mental charade that goes on between scientific researchers on the one hand and, public policy makers and American gun owners on the other. It goes something like this. Highly trained social science and/or medical researchers conduct a massive, peer-reviewed study on the effects of gun laws on violent crime rates in …
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